Homeschool Survival

S is now 3! We are still barely surviving with having a new baby in the house, but I see a light at the end of the tunnel! And spring is coming so that makes everything better.

I got a chance to make a new Montessori object: Salt letters. She is a little young for it, but she tries. It usually ends with her turning it into snow for her toys. But I can tell it opened a door to learning letters because a week after playing with it she pointed out that her arms were in the shape of an A, and then she showed me where the horizontal line would go.

Folding towels: This was one of the first activities I made and she had no interest in them. This time she loved them. She still struggles with the concept of folding them along the lines, but she likes to count the lines and count the sections (fractions).

Transfer:
S is getting good at using her small tongs. She organized them by color all by herself!

Shapes & Number / Matching:
I got this game at a yard sale years ago. The owner was a retired teacher. If I would have known I was going to home-school I would have bought a lot more from her! The number match I made myself using bath-tub numbers.

Scissors:
This photo looks more impressive than it was. But she is improving! And she loved the paper “mermaids” her Dad made her.

Play-doh:
Play-doh is never ending in our house. It’s such a mess!

Practical life cooking:
Cheese stuffed biscuits is an easy preschool recipe, but I don’t recommend it. Velveeta is gross for many, many reasons, but it was a gray winter day and we wanted some bad-for-you comfort food. Unfortunately, the recipe called for too much butter. It ended up overflowing while baking and leaked butter all over my oven. My house still smells and smokes when I use the oven. It’s hard to find time to clean it when you have two kids under 3. If you see this recipe on pinterest ignore it!